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Area football teams get first-round playoff match-ups

The Minster Wildcats will return to the site of their first-round playoff upset from a season ago, Wapakoneta hits the road in its first playoff appearance since 2006, and nine Western Buckeye League and Midwest Athletic Conference teams (along with Fort Loramie) received first-round playoff assignments on Sunday afternoon.

Minster (7-3) will make its second straight playoff appearance in Division VI, Region 24 and its 11th playoff berth in school history. The Wildcats will play at Springfield Catholic Central (8-2) for the second straight season on Saturday, Nov. 5 at 7 p.m.. Minster upended the Irish in 2010 as an eighth seed, 44-21. Minster is 11-9 all-time in the playoffs and won the 1989 state championship.

Division II — Wapakoneta (9-1) at Franklin (9-1) — Friday, 7:30 p.m.

Wapakoneta (9-1) will travel to Franklin (9-1) on Saturday a week after losing its first game of the season against Kenton and going through the turmoil of an OHSAA investigation. Wapakoneta is 1-4 all-time in the playoffs.

Division V — Coldwater (8-2) at Covington (10-0) — Friday, 7:30 p.m.

Coldwater (8-2) goes into the postseason a fifth-seed after a Week 10 loss to Minster. The Cavaliers will travel to Covington (10-0). Coldwater has won two state titles and been state-runner up four times in school history while going 41-14 in postseason play.